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'An Account of Dr Frobenius's Phlogiston'

Reference number: RBO/14/99

Date: 1729

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Provides details about the properties of the liquid 'phlogiston'
Read to the Royal Society on 5 February 1729

Reference number
RBO/14/99
Earliest possible date
1729
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'An Account of Dr Frobenius's Phlogiston', 1729, RBO/14/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_99/an-account-of-dr-frobeniuss-phlogiston, accessed on 16 May 2025

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